Literacy Study: The Importance Of Reading And Writing

Literacy Study Society has deemed reading and writing as important fundamentals necessary to function, practicing them develops and strengthens those skills continuously throughout school and life. Research was conducted by college students concluding that we all currently know the importance of reading and writing, and how beneficial it is to excel as an adult. We are aware of the significance reading and writing have on succeeding, yet when we attempted to recollect when exactly we developed the awareness of the importance of reading and writing, we concluded that it was approximately around the elementary era of schooling. Our study has found that students prefer reading adult-fiction novels, writing with loose prompts, and no time limits, …show more content…
Teachers and parents would encourage their young kindergarteners to visualize and then write basic sentences using handwriting lined paper, this special paper encouraged legibility and proper basic writing forms, for example: capital letters must extend from the top to the bottom of the lines, lower case letters usually do not extend beyond the median line, etc. Teachers would have story time where short stories were read to all of the students and then questions would be asked to ensure they were paying attention, and could thoroughly understand the story. Teachers also encourage parents to do the same, so the students brains will continue to retain information from stories and other readings. As the length process of developing reading and writing skills began in kindergarten, honing those skills and directing them to a specific profession encourages fluency of these skills. Eventually, this fluency leads individuals to become masters of their specified fields, representing the importance of reading and writing. The National Association for the Education of Young Children claims that children even begin to learn the importance of reading and writing in kindergarten, “Reading and writing are valuable tools that will help them do many things in …show more content…
Every profession has terminology different from one another, such as a mechanic doesn’t need to know how to operate or read an X-ray, whereas a doctor, or medical technician must. In order for someone to be classified as a doctor they must be able to read the material (i.e. patient report, x-ray, cat scan, etc.). Reading is simply an interpretation, so honing this skill is beneficial in every field, and in every culture. Writing is composing text, which every person in the work force must be capable of doing, in order to make sure everyone is doing their job properly, and have notes from peers/bosses providing further instruction. The importance of reading and writing can be explained by using this real life analogy; If someone wants to build a playhouse but doesn’t know how, they have to be able to read the instructions someone set out and wrote for people wanting to building a playhouse. Kathy Green discussed how reading and writing affected her life, “Because it is through using them [reading and writing skills] that you have the best chance of achieving success in the